Archives - Jackie Powell
Everybody Talks
Everybody Talks: The sound of silence
“The lawsuit is coming,” Mike Danger and Gene Battaglia said on their on their show “The Sports Bar.”
Well, the lawsuit is here, and has been since Aug. 29. Read More
Everybody Talks
Everybody Talks: Progress is a ‘Battle’
The film provides its audience with an accurate depiction of progress as we know it: excruciatingly difficult, but worth it in every sense of the word. Read More
Everybody Talks
Everybody Talks: Black opinions shouldn’t have to take a knee
The main takeaway from this weekend’s Twitter storm is that the president continues to manifest his apparent issues with people of color. Read More
Everybody Talks
Everybody Talks: For women, politics pervade sports
The debate surrounding sports’ role in politics raged on this week as ESPN came under fire because of a tweet from renowned journalist and “SC6 with Michael and Jemele” host Jemele Hill, characterizing the Donald Trump as a “white supremacist.” Hill later received intimidating comments from Trump’s administration, claiming her tweets were a “fireable offense,” […]
Everybody Talks
Everybody Talks: The truth about 22 Harvest Street
The kidnapped students’ brutal torture was not the most jarring part of this story — it was how a player who dealt drugs and committed violence could remain untouched on UR Football. Read More
URWB
Teams win playing ‘girly basketball’
If you want to change the stereotypes associated with female athletes, then go out support our Yellowjackets in their quest to reach another NCAA Elite Eight. Read More
Sports
Field Hockey and Soccer end encouraging seasons
UR Field Hockey (URFH) finished their season making it to the Sweet-16 of the NCAA tournament, while Men’s Soccer (URMS) lost a hard fought tournament match against Eastern University. Read More
Varsity Athletics
URFH earns bid amid Liberty League title loss
Both squads came out to fight in an evenly matched title game, with the winner automatically receiving a bid into the NCAA Division III tournament. Read More
Ed Observers
Reconciling feminism with sports is tough, but worth it
I will be frank: Due to obvious gender stereotypes, I’m by no means expected to be a fan of, have a passion for, or even have an emotional connection to sports. Read More
Gaga
New Gaga album critiques U.S.
“Joanne” is a record in which Gaga laments the ideas in our society she observes, instead of the common themes that have plagued and invigorated her life. Read More
